Despite strong demand for new commercial aircraft, supply chain woes are forcing Airbus to delay rate targets and may make it sell parts of the space business.
LANZAJET secured investment from MUFG as part of $100m growth equity funding round, that includes Southwest, Microsoft and Groupe ADP, for developing SAF.
Starfish Space is to extend the life of an aging Intelsat communications satellite in geostationary orbit using its Otter servicing spacecraft starting in 2026.
Liquid hydrogen (LH2) may be the promised panacea for aviation’s journey to net-zero, but getting there is going to be tough—particularly for the engine-makers.
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.
WILLIS LEASE FINANCE agreed to purchase 15 PW1100G-JMs from Pratt & Whitney in 2024 for leaseback in deal valued at $364m. It completed a purchase and leaseback transaction of 25 GTF engines with Pratt & Whitney in 1H21.
SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE was selected by Dovetail Electric Aviation to provide Xcelerator software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft.
SENER, Spain was selected to supply servo-actuators (16 units per shipset) for the Lilium Jet. It has already delivered the first units for testing and plans to deliver a total of 104 in 2024 for ground testing and certification flight phases.
